LaughFest: Silent Film & Organ Concert will take place on Friday, March 8, featuring “Silent Movie”, a satirical film co-written, directed by, and starring Mel Brooks. The film also features a star-studded ensemble cast including Dom DeLuise, Marty Feldman, and Sid Caesar, along with cameos by Burt Reynolds and Paul Newman. “Silent Movie” will be accompanied by organist Andrew Rogers on the GRPM’s Mighty Wurlitzer Theater Organ.
LaughFest: Silent Film & Organ Concert will open their doors and cash bar at 6 p.m. with the shows beginning at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $25, with a reduced price of $20 each for GRPM members. Tickets are available now at tickets.grpm.org/events.
Andrew Rogers serves the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor as Head Organist, and has performed there for over ten years. Previously, he served on staff at the Detroit Fox. Residing in Fenton, Mi., he travels widely accompanying silent films, lecturing on film scoring, and concerts. He changed his focus entirely to music after leaving behind two other jobs: 17 years at a travel agency doing back-office accounting and 30 years of serving as an Orthodox priest. Andrew’s musical studies began with the accordion – winning local and national competitions – by playing transcriptions of classical orchestral music. He later appeared in the orchestra for productions of the Theater Department at Michigan State University where he holds his degree with honors in Psychology.
